Ceramics Terms

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Across
  1. 3. the clay oven
  2. 4. another word for pottery
  3. 7. the first firing that hardens air-dried clay and turns it into ceramics
  4. 14. partially dried clay that no longer bends, but can be incised into
  5. 15. clay can be no thicker than this, or it may explode in the kiln
  6. 16. wetted clay mixture
  7. 17. sponge-like
  8. 18. the most fragile state of clay in the ceramics process
  9. 19. this can be harmful if you are exposed to it for long periods of time
Down
  1. 1. creating a clay pot on the potter's wheel
  2. 2. glass-like material that melts in the kiln
  3. 4. sticky, wet substance that you can build with
  4. 5. rope-like piece of clay rolled out using your hands
  5. 6. to scratch up the surface
  6. 8. useful
  7. 9. do not glaze this part of your ceramics
  8. 10. bendable
  9. 11. remove air bubbles from clay by slamming pieces together or onto a surface
  10. 12. do not trap air in a sculpture, or this might happen in the kiln
  11. 13. pressing textured surfaces into the clay